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The British Jewish spy who fooled the Gestapo for years before he was gunned down in Nazi death camp

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Marcus Bloom (pictured above) was a businessman before he joined the Special Operations Executive (SOE) Marcus Bloom was an unlikely spy. A bon viveur who followed a playboy lifestyle of swish apartments, expense accounts and beautiful women, he was far from the dashing, image of a secret agent. He drove a pale blue convertible Delage … Read more

Chilling moment dancer is gunned down in a Moscow street

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This is the harrowing moment a dancer was shot twice in the chest by a masked assassin outside her apartment block in Russia.  Natalia Pronina, 30, from Moscow, was gunned down at close range by a hooded and masked man as she returned to her home near to the Akademicheskaya metro station from a choreography session.   … Read more

Woman gunned down in Hackney was ‘innocent bystander’, police say

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An ‘innocent bystander’ is fighting for her life today after being shot when a gunman fired up to six times at crowds outside a convenience store on a busy London high street. The unnamed woman, 32, is not believed to have been the target of the shooting in Westgate Street, Hackney, at just before 9pm … Read more

Pictured: ‘Devoted’ father-of-two, 30, gunned down and killed by drive-by attackers

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A father-of-two who was killed in a drive-by shooting in East London has been named after a spate of bloody violence saw five murders in the capital in four days. He had been shot in the head by unknown attackers who fired from a car in Balfour Road, Ilford, East London, at 10.14pm on Sunday. Despite … Read more

Father claims his pleas were ignored… then schizophrenic gunned down councillor before dying

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The father of a paranoid schizophrenic pleaded for him to be sectioned weeks before he killed a parish councillor. John Sartain said he raised concerns to authorities but was ignored – before his son Alex shot James Nash, 42, and then died in a police chase. Alex, 34, believed ex-aerospace worker Mr Nash and wife … Read more

Birmingham police launch murder probe after man, 26, is gunned down in Stechford

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A murder investigation is under way after a 26-year-old man was shot and killed in Birmingham last night in the latest of a string of gruesome killings. The victim was discovered at the scene by officers shortly before 8pm on Friday in Bagshaw Road, Stechford, following reports of shots being fired. Detective Chief Inspector Scott … Read more

Teenage boxer, 18, dies after being gunned down on street in locked-down Bury

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Teenage boxer, 18, dies after being gunned down on street in locked-down Bury – as police launch murder probe Boxing prodigy ‘King Cole Kershaw’, 18, was shot in the street in Bury last night  The teenager was rushed to hospital but doctors were unable to save his life A murder probe has been launched, with … Read more

Three men are gunned down in shooting in north London with one victim left fighting for life

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Two 15-year-old boys and a 19-year-old man have been gunned down in a carpark, leaving one critical and another with possibly life changing injuries. Police were called at 12.42am to reports of gunshots in Rochford Car Park in Haringey. Armed officers swooped on the scene and found the teenage boys suffering from bullet wounds. The … Read more

Putin ordered assassination of Georgian rebel leader who was gunned down by hitman in Berlin park

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German prosecutors have filed murder charges against a Russian man accused of the brazen daylight slaying in Berlin of a Georgian man last year. The victim, Tornike K., who also has widely been identified in reports on the killing as Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, was a Georgian citizen of Chechen ethnicity who fought against Russian troops in … Read more